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Finally, a comprehensive fish identification guide covering the fish-rich reefs of the Pacific. It contains 2,500 underwater photographs of 2,000 species from four of the best marine life authors/photographers in the business. Their collaboration makes it possible for underwater naturalists to identify fishes from Thailand to Tahiti with a single, compact, easy-to-use, no-nonsense reference. 108 fish families are presented in one of 20 Identification groups based on a family's related visual or behavioural characteristics, such as Large Oval / Colourful or Sand/Burrow Dwellers. Likewise, every effort has been made to group similar appearing species together.Inside This Book (learn more) First Sentence:
Trying to identify a specific fish from the more than 2,000 tropical Pacific species included in this book can be a perplexing task. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sheltered coastal reefs, steep outer reef slopes, upper tail base, dark scale margins, ist dorsal fin, silty coastal reefs, seaward reefs, black scale margins, brown body bars, orange eye bar, seaward reef slopes, large ocellated spot, pectoral fin base, gray with white underside, black undercolor, white rear body, usually form groups, reef recesses, short nasal barbels, form loose groups, rear dorsal fin, brown undercolor, darkish bars, yellow ventral fins, alpheid shrimp Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asian Pacific, French Polynesia, Red Sea, West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Malaysian Peninsula, Sri Lanka, Coral Breams, East Indo-Pacific, China Sea, Arabian Gulf, East Africa, Southwestern Pacific, Milne Bay, New Zealand, Irian Jaya, New Britain, Java Sea, Pacific Rim
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